Airbnb is looking to solve the problem of maintaining and building trust in their platform by securing it. This role will be responsible for leading and developing the Information Security team to achieve this goal.
Requirements
- 8+ years managing people with at least 3 of those years supporting other managers
- Experience with AWS (GuardDuty, Lambda, Kinesis, S3, SNS, SQS, EC2, ...)
- Past experience in Software development
- Experience with Kubernetes or similar
- Demonstrated ability to support, scale, and advance like functions
- Deep understanding of strategic approaches and methodologies across the lifecycle of prevention, detection, response, and validation and how your teams fit in and are responsible for across these pillars and various programs that comprise Information Security.
- Experience of disciplines spans corporate and product infrastructure as well as third party tooling and infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Developing and communicating effective and pragmatic strategies for Information Security.
- Ensuring teams are executing Information Security strategies effectively.
- Establishing, growing, and maturing software engineering functions within Information Security.
- Tying software engineering priorities into a broader, integrated, and unified Information Security strategy.
- Establishing and building a multi-disciplinary team for a global company focusing on engineering and related operational activities.
- Supporting managers in best supporting their teams.
- Providing mentorship and feedback both technically and professionally.
Other
- People Development: You have multiple years of experience in people management and supporting managers best support their teams. You are an effective career coach and can provide mentorship and feedback both technically and professionally. You enjoy investing in your teammates and developing growth and career progression plans with them to help them reach their highest potential. You provide your people autonomy and in return, you expect the people you support to be self-driven and proactive.
- Team Development: You are an effective leader that focuses on efficiency, quality, accountability, and delivering on and above expectations. You play an active and primary role in identifying and recruiting top talent and supporting your teams to do so. You understand when to roll up your sleeves and contribute and when to delegate and grow your managers, teammates, and cross-functional partners.
- Influence & Communication: You have strong written and verbal communication skills. You can dive into the details with technical and non-technical audiences alike but also speak at the appropriate altitude when working with other organizations and leaders. You have empathy and seek to understand when communicating. This enables you to effectively identify the best path forward and influence how you approach a problem, as well as how other teams may prioritize supporting your work.
- Security Culture and Philosophy: you embrace the notion we are here to help Airbnb build and operate the business, securely. You understand that improving security doesn’t mean introducing friction unless absolutely necessary. We are a culture of helping others find the path to “yes” and help others find the most secure path while not inhibiting Airbnb to achieve business objectives. You are stakeholder focused. You drive this culture and philosophy within your organization and help the entire Information Security develop and uphold this culture.
- US - Remote Eligible
- The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager.
- While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity.
- All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
- We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.
- We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.
